Population in Eritrea compared to South Sudan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eritrea and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	South Sudan	Eritrea	South Sudan
1960	972,547	2,931,559	-	-
1961	995,573	2,976,724	2.37%	1.54%
1962	1,019,788	3,024,308	2.43%	1.6%
1963	1,045,092	3,072,669	2.48%	1.6%
1964	1,071,287	3,129,918	2.51%	1.86%
1965	1,098,335	3,189,835	2.52%	1.91%
1966	1,124,957	3,236,423	2.42%	1.46%
1967	1,152,339	3,277,648	2.43%	1.27%
1968	1,181,737	3,321,528	2.55%	1.34%
1969	1,212,005	3,365,533	2.56%	1.32%
1970	1,243,453	3,409,614	2.59%	1.31%
1971	1,276,154	3,468,646	2.63%	1.73%
1972	1,309,235	3,542,497	2.59%	2.13%
1973	1,342,669	3,627,383	2.55%	2.4%
1974	1,375,688	3,723,259	2.46%	2.64%
1975	1,408,210	3,821,494	2.36%	2.64%
1976	1,443,807	3,921,910	2.53%	2.63%
1977	1,482,565	4,024,032	2.68%	2.6%
1978	1,522,378	4,127,657	2.69%	2.58%
1979	1,563,332	4,232,605	2.69%	2.54%
1980	1,605,797	4,339,030	2.72%	2.51%
1981	1,649,939	4,447,272	2.75%	2.49%
1982	1,695,461	4,557,686	2.76%	2.48%
1983	1,736,160	4,661,574	2.4%	2.28%
1984	1,771,730	4,750,627	2.05%	1.91%
1985	1,807,816	4,834,296	2.04%	1.76%
1986	1,845,164	4,921,240	2.07%	1.8%
1987	1,888,669	4,962,395	2.36%	0.84%
1988	1,938,255	4,848,029	2.63%	-2.3%
1989	1,987,017	4,713,229	2.52%	-2.78%
1990	2,032,737	4,737,633	2.3%	0.52%
1991	1,919,571	4,836,677	-5.57%	2.09%
1992	1,798,748	4,909,749	-6.29%	1.51%
1993	1,856,006	4,956,002	3.18%	0.94%
1994	1,913,915	5,071,184	3.12%	2.32%
1995	2,025,267	5,225,836	5.82%	3.05%
1996	2,128,464	5,356,925	5.1%	2.51%
1997	2,152,135	5,509,136	1.11%	2.84%
1998	2,180,419	5,620,068	1.31%	2.01%
1999	2,212,780	5,771,628	1.48%	2.7%
2000	2,247,031	6,032,267	1.55%	4.52%
2001	2,312,079	6,308,391	2.89%	4.58%
2002	2,392,978	6,596,806	3.5%	4.57%
2003	2,493,903	6,903,127	4.22%	4.64%
2004	2,598,284	7,233,041	4.19%	4.78%
2005	2,661,215	7,590,143	2.42%	4.94%
2006	2,703,502	7,976,526	1.59%	5.09%
2007	2,743,222	8,388,788	1.47%	5.17%
2008	2,816,327	8,817,647	2.66%	5.11%
2009	2,887,885	9,243,556	2.54%	4.83%
2010	2,945,186	9,745,953	1.98%	5.44%
2011	2,998,485	10,288,109	1.81%	5.56%
2012	3,036,988	10,756,240	1.28%	4.55%
2013	3,074,360	11,166,275	1.23%	3.81%
2014	3,095,173	11,235,073	0.68%	0.62%
2015	3,105,546	11,107,561	0.34%	-1.13%
2016	3,124,698	10,830,102	0.62%	-2.5%
2017	3,150,347	10,259,154	0.82%	-5.27%
2018	3,192,760	10,122,977	1.35%	-1.33%
2019	3,240,194	10,423,384	1.49%	2.97%
2020	3,291,271	10,698,467	1.58%	2.64%
2021	3,350,183	10,865,780	1.79%	1.56%
2022	3,409,447	11,021,177	1.77%	1.43%
2023	3,470,390	11,483,374	1.79%	4.19%
2024	3,535,603	11,943,408	1.88%	4.01%
2025	3,606,996	12,188,793	2.02%	2.05%
2026	3,682,659	12,436,036	2.1%	2.03%
2027	3,760,368	12,687,301	2.11%	2.02%
2028	3,840,135	12,941,503	2.12%	2%
2029	3,920,467	13,198,080	2.09%	1.98%
2030	4,002,671	13,457,446	2.1%	1.97%
2031	4,085,037	13,725,413	2.06%	1.99%
2032	4,166,507	13,996,343	1.99%	1.97%
2033	4,249,501	14,261,762	1.99%	1.9%
2034	4,334,727	14,527,550	2.01%	1.86%
2035	4,420,915	14,798,602	1.99%	1.87%
2036	4,509,755	15,070,098	2.01%	1.83%
2037	4,601,933	15,335,700	2.04%	1.76%
2038	4,692,340	15,595,968	1.96%	1.7%
2039	4,780,469	15,850,696	1.88%	1.63%
2040	4,868,668	16,101,470	1.84%	1.58%
2041	4,954,481	16,350,149	1.76%	1.54%
2042	5,039,298	16,593,361	1.71%	1.49%
2043	5,124,256	16,829,209	1.69%	1.42%
2044	5,207,858	17,060,176	1.63%	1.37%
2045	5,292,756	17,286,412	1.63%	1.33%
2046	5,375,963	17,509,693	1.57%	1.29%
2047	5,456,488	17,728,331	1.5%	1.25%
2048	5,537,538	17,938,437	1.49%	1.19%
2049	5,617,348	18,142,893	1.44%	1.14%
2050	5,696,052	18,341,968	1.4%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Eritrea's population will grow by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.